Thursday, January 14, 2010

Flash CS3 – Concepts and Terms

1. What type of file can be modified in Flash CS3? (just list the file ending)
An FLA file is the raw editible in Flash design.

2. What is the national standard for American television video broadcast?
The US Video Standard is NTSC (National Television System Commitee).

3. What part of the Flash interface displays the movie you are working on?
The stage displays the movie you are currently working on.

4. You need to turn these on BEFORE you can use guides.
Right click on the "graphic label and select "add motion guide" from the pop-up window

5. What is the gray area surrounding the Stage in Flash CS3?
The work area surrounds the stage.

6. What is the magnetic pull of objects to a grid? (this grid can be turned on/off)
The objects snap to the grid set up by flash.

7. What is the default frame rate for Web playback in Flash CS3?
12 fps is the default framerate.

8. What is exporting your final Flash CS3 file called?
The final file type is SWF.

9. Designing for the Web is normally measured in what unit of measure?
The web is measured in pixels.

10. What are palettes in Flash CS3 called?
Flash uses panels instead of panels instead of palletes.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Dreamweaver Notes

Setting up a Site
- A site generally consists of two parts: a collection of files on a local computer (the local site), and a location on a remote web server that you upload files to when youre ready to.

Learn about Dreamweaver sites

A. the term "site" can refer either to website or to a local storage location for the docs that belong to a website.
B. You need to establish a local storage location before building your website.
C. A Dreamweaver site organizes all of the documents associated with your website and lets you track and maintain links, manage files, share files, and transfer your site files to a web server.
D. Local folder - your working directory, usually a folder on your hard disk
E. Remote Folder - where you store your files, depending on your enviornment for testing, production, collaboration, and publication; also called remote site
F. Folder for dynamic pages (Testing Server folder) - folder where Dreamweaver processes dynamic pages; often the same folder as the remote folder

Set up your project files
1. Copy the sample site into the desired folder on your hard disk
2. This is the folder that you will use as the root folder for your site

Define a local folder
1. Choose site > new site...
2. In the Site Name text box, you enter the folder name as the name of the site
3. In the Local Root Folder text box, you will specify the folder location

Creating a New Document
1. Start by clicking on file
2. Select New...
3. Click Blank Page...
4. Click HTML...
5. Click 2 column elastic, left sidebar, header and footer
6. Under Layout CSS drop down box, select Add to Head
7. Create
8. View>Toolbars>Standard
9. Click New

Setting the Page Properties
1. Click Modify>Page Properties
2. In the Apperance category click on the Size menu...
3. Choose small
4. Click Background Color and enter a hexidecimal value (eg. #8cc63f)
5. Choose the Links category
6. Click inside the Link color text field, enter a hexidecimal value (eg. #00a0af)
7. Click inside the Rollover links text field, enter a hexidecimal value (eg. #0ec7d8)
8. Choose Headings category
9. Inside Heading 1 text field, enter 135%
10. Inside Heading 2 text field, enter 115%
11. Inside Heading 3 text field, enter 90%
12. Inside Heading 4 text field, enter 100%
13. Then enter in the colors for all the Heading values (eg. #00a0af)
14. Click ok...
15. File>Save

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Hocus Focus

Hocus Focus 1


The differences are:
1. The pot of grass
2. The lightpost outside the house on the wall
3. The lady's shirt has zigzags
4. Little boys hat
5. The tall guy is holding something in his hand
6. The lady's collar is different
This would help me as an HTML programmer, because I could spot maybe the mistakes in the coding of a website. I discovered 6 differences. In order to write better code in the future, I should check and re-check my coding, to make sure everything is correct.



Hocus Focus 2


The differences are...
1. Something is sticking out of the car
2. There is a poster on the tree
3. There is something on the on the bus stop sign
4. The guy's hat is pointing down.
5. The dog is moved
6. The other guy's shirt is different
This would help me as an HTML programmer, because I could spot maybe the mistakes in the coding of a website. I discovered 6 differences. In order to write better code in the future, I should check and re-check my coding, to make sure everything is correct.